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LETTERS: ‘Problem’ black bear didn’t deserve to die

LETTERS: ‘Problem’ black bear didn’t deserve to die

Dear Editor: The killing of the black bear by the so-called “conservation officer” was immoral. Raccoons exhibit the exact same “problem behaviour,” but we do not go about killing all of them.
OUR VIEW: What happens when ‘them’ becomes ‘us’?

OUR VIEW: What happens when ‘them’ becomes ‘us’?

“Public school or private school, we’re all teenagers in the end.” Those were the wise words of Reece Avila, a Grade 12 student at Byrne Creek Secondary School who was part of a recent student exchange between Byrne Creek and St.
OPINION: Get big money out of politics

OPINION: Get big money out of politics

While British Columbians were divided over which of the main parties to support in the provincial election, most seem to agree on one thing: the need to get big money out of our politics.
OUR VIEW: Christy Clark - at peace and staying classy

OUR VIEW: Christy Clark - at peace and staying classy

She didn’t play hide and seek with reporters or their questions. She didn’t take the opportunity to go after her opponents. She wasn’t defensive or dismissive.
OUR VIEW: Can this marriage of convenience blossom into true B.C. love?

OUR VIEW: Can this marriage of convenience blossom into true B.C. love?

It’s a marriage of necessity, there’s no question about it. But even arranged marriages can often weather storms – even political storms – when the future of both parties is at risk. As the B.C. NDP and B.C.
LETTERS: Senior governments have let citizens down

LETTERS: Senior governments have let citizens down

Dear Editor: Re: City owed it to citizens to fight pipeline, Our View, Burnaby NOW , May 26. Your editors and the Burnaby Board of Trade have taken a responsible position opposing the TMX project.
LETTERS: Water is plentiful, but management is poor

LETTERS: Water is plentiful, but management is poor

Dear Editor: Re: We are simply gluttons for fresh water, Our View, Burnaby NOW , May 24. I would like to present my view. I have noted that over the years our consumption of fresh water per capita has steadily decreased.
OPINION: B.C. election was anything but close

OPINION: B.C. election was anything but close

It’s been noted by many that this past election was the closest one in British Columbian history, yet in some ways it was anything but close. Sure, the overall popular vote was a virtual tie, as just 1,568 votes separated the B.C.
OUR VIEW: City owed it to citizens to fight pipeline

OUR VIEW: City owed it to citizens to fight pipeline

There will be some citizens of Burnaby who may balk at the news that the city has spent at least $154,000 of taxpayer money fighting the proposed Trans Mountain expansion project. But we’re not among them.
OPINION: Whose election is it anyway?

OPINION: Whose election is it anyway?

It was a pretty safe bet going into election night that, regardless of how the vote broke, there were four words from Premier Christy Clark’s 2013 victory speech that would be left unsaid this year: “Well, that was easy.